Weekend vs Holiday - What's the difference?
weekend | holiday |
The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday. Occasionally abbreviated to w/e.
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Of, relating to or for the weekend.
Occurring at the weekend.
A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.
A day declared free from work by the state or government.
A period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure.
A period during which pupils and students do not attend their school or university.
A period taken off work or study for travel or leisure.
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An unintentional gap left on a plated, coated, or painted surface.Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/holiday (accessed: June 26, 2007).
To take a period of time away from work or study.
(British) To spend a period of time for travel.
As nouns the difference between weekend and holiday
is that weekend is the break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday. Occasionally abbreviated to w/e while holiday is a day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.As verbs the difference between weekend and holiday
is that weekend is to spend the weekend while holiday is to take a period of time away from work or study.As an adjective weekend
is of, relating to or for the weekend.As a proper noun Holiday is
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English
(wikipedia weekend)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
Historically in North America and parts of Europe, people would often work on Saturday as well, or at least until noon on Saturday. Thus the "weekend" might begin at noon or later on Saturday in older texts. To describe the soonest upcoming weekend: * (UK, New Zealand) "at the weekend", "on the weekend", "this weekend", "for the weekend" ** {{quote-journal, **, , year=1886 , author=New Zealand Parliament , title=Parliamentary debates , volume=324 , page=2371 , passage=Let them work at their ordinary jobs during the week, and then take them out of circulation at the weekend , which is usually the time when the trouble is ... ** {{quote-news, indent2=**: , year=2009 , author=Great Britain House of Commons: Business and Enterprise Committee , title=Pre-appointment Hearing with the Chairman-elect of Ofcom, Dr. Colette Bowe , page=16 , passage=Whether it is on the BBC, ITV or commercial radio does not really matter. ...can give you a radio example of two things I was listening to at the weekend .}} * (US, Canada) "on the weekend", "this weekend", "for the weekend" ("at the weekend" is not used) }} ** {{quote-book, indent2=**: , year=2002 , author=United States Senate: Committee on Armed Services , title=Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 2002 , page=722 , passage=I am going to Moscow on the weekend to participate in the discussion, ...}}Alternative forms
* week-endAdjective
(-)- I'm wearing my weekend shoes
- a weekend break
holiday
English
(wikipedia holiday)Noun
(en noun)- Today is a Wiccan holiday !